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StoneKicker    by Mark Romanow
Price: $4.71 USD. 53350 words. Language: English. Published by Magna Publishing  on December 14, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

A friendless child often seen in the playground, hands in pockets, kicking stones. In a 1980s boarding school for undesirables, the boys’ nicknames defined them. Duped into believing that boarding school was a posh holiday camp where you come home at weekends and enjoy midnight feasts, the titular Stonekicker has a huge shock when he discovers it’s anything but.
Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir    by D.M. Wilmes
Price: $2.99 USD. 27360 words. Language: English. Published on December 8, 2010. Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer.

Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir, chronicles the emotional last seven days of life for Elaine, the authors mother, while in hospice care. Through hospice care, the family was able to release Elaine to the great beyond as quietly, painlessly, and lovingly as possible and witness her passing with renewed hope and in a profound and life-changing way.
From Hell and Back: Survive and Thrive    by Gussie McRobert
Price: $4.99 USD. 69040 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

She was brutally victimized first as a child and then as a wife: both her mother and her first husband made numerous attempts to kill her. But author Gussie McRobert was determined to not only survive, but to recover and thrive. And that is just what she did. She was elected, and then twice re-elected, as mayor of Gresham, Oregon. You too can survive and thrive, regardless of your past.
Callout: Responding to Haiti's Earthquake    by Richard Davis
Price: $3.99 USD. 22780 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Callout is the story of one individual's actions in response to the earthquake of 12 January 2010 outside of Port-au-Prince Haiti. Join Rick Davis on the ground real-time via his blog. Read comments on Haiti today. Discover the inside processes of disaster response.
My 1953 Nash Four-Door Sedan: I Shouldn't Have Taken Seconds on the Pie    by Patrick J. Nowak
Price: $4.95 USD. 4170 words. Language: English. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 5, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

The author writes, "This story is one of a collection, "Forty Cars that Owned Me," that I published in April of 2007. My original intention was to write a brief history of some of the more interesting cars I have owned. What I ended up with was a collection of stories about people: the people involved with these cars and myself.
My Life After Hate    by Arno Michaelis
Price: $4.99 USD. 49670 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

A former racist skinhead examines his past: How did a teenaged alcoholic become a central figure in the white power movement of the early 90s? What happened to bring about his drastic change of heart? With a collection of reflective essays, disturbing flashbacks, and an interview, My Life After Hate scrubs scabs off the wound of racism, then soothes with the essential wisdom of compassion.
Memoir of Latoya Rogers    by REDD GROUP
Price: $7.00 USD. 3300 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

This book is the events that unfolded before the phone call in wee hours on the morning of May 8, 2010. Latoya's life endured many personal triumphs and tradigies in order to recieve her diploma.
Au Loin un Phare    by Gaelle Kermen
Price: $0.99 USD. 77550 words. Language: French. Published on December 5, 2010. Nonfiction » Social Science » Sociology.

Ebook de 215p en francais. Début de 50 ans d'écriture en cahiers, du pensionnat à l'ermitage itinéraire d'une femme libre, entre XXe et XXIe siècle. Arrivée à Paris d'une jeune bretonne, Marine au lycée Hélène Boucher, découvre à 14 ans la vie en communauté dans un pensionnat de jeunes fille. Amitiés amoureuses. Les garçons au cours de théâtre de Saint-Leu. Années lycée et fac.
Back to College after the War    by Eugene G. Schwartz
Price: $4.95 USD. 5260 words. Language: English. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Memoirs of a World War II veteran and publishing industry professional (and founder of Worthy Shorts). A story of the colorful urban ethnic street and campus life of the depression and war-time era in New York City, and of a multicultural experience of military and college life that began the rapid dismantling of the invisible discriminatory barriers.
Bred in Chicago to Be A Catholic Women's College Activist    by Mary K. Perkins
Price: $4.95 USD. 3470 words. Language: English. Published by Worthy Shorts on December 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

This reflection on growing up during the Depression, her college days and later teaching career, is an adaptation of a memoir by Sister Perkins that appeared in an anthology published by Praeger in 2006 (American Students Organize).